22 THE DISCOBOLI. 



Parts, II. 24; Willugh., 1G8G, Hist. Pise, 208, pi. N. 11, — i. gihbosus, N. 10, fig. 2 ; Ray, 1713, 

 Sjn. Pise, 77; Duham., 1782, Traito Gen., IV. 308, pi. 24; De Kay, 1842, Zodl. N. Y., IV. 305; Stor., 

 1846, Synops., 481, — 1807, Hist Fish. Mass., 208, pi. 32, fig. 2 (both pub. iu Mem. Am. Acad.); 

 Lumpus vulijaris McMurt., 1831, Cuv. An. King.; Stor., 1839, Rep. Fishes Mass., 151; Knight, 180G, 

 Fishes Nova Scotia, 16. 



Cydopterus minulus Pall., 176!), Spic. Zool., VII. 12, pi. 3, figs. 7-9 ; Fabr., 1780, Fauna Gi-oenl., 

 135; Bonn., 1788, Ichth.,27; Gniel., 1789, Systema,I. 1475; Walb., 1792, Art. Gen. Pise, 485; Donnd., 

 1798, Beitr., III. 815; Schn., 1801, Bl. Sy.st. Ichth., pp. xxiii, 3; Turt., 1806, Syst. Nat., I. 905; Cuv., 

 1817, R. An., II. 227,-1829, R. An., II. 346, — 1836, R. An., I. 573; Griff., 1831, An. King , X. 502; 

 Ros.s, 1835, App. to Sec. Voy., p. xlvi ; Rich., 1836, F. B. Amer., HI. 262 ; Fries, 1838, K. Vet. Ak. 

 Handl., 226; Val., 1810, R. An., ed. ill., Poiss , 311. 



Orbegibbosus Gesn., 1558, Hist. An., IV. 747, 1285. Piscis gibboms Aldr., 1613, De Pise, 480,— 

 1623, De Pise, 180. Lepus marinis Schonev., 1624, Ichth., 41. Orhis oceani Worm, 1655, Mus., 269 ; 

 Cychpterus sp. Art., 1738, Gen. Pise, 62, — Linn., 1746, Fauna Suec, 103, — Gron., 1754, Mus., I. 56, 

 — Linn., 1759, Anim. Specierum, 91, — Gouan, 1770, Hist. Poiss., 223. Oncotion Klein, 1744, Mi.ss., 

 IV. 49, — A.scan., 1777, Icon., pi. 34. Oiicolion gibbosus Klein, 1744, Miss., IV. 50, and Oncoiion (3), 

 pi. xiv. fig. 5, — Walb., 1792, Art. Gen. Pise, 583,-1793, Kleiuii Ichth. Enod., 67. Cydopterus 

 heplagunus Linn., 1754, Mus. Ad. Frid., I. 57. Cydopterus Houtt., 1764, Nat. Hist., VII. 248, pi 60, 

 fig. 5. Cydopterus paconinus Shaw, 1797, Nat. Misc., IX. pi. 310,-1804, Gen. Zool., V. pi. 167, 

 fig. 1. Cydopterus pyramiJatus Shaw, 1804, Gen, Zool., V. 390, PI. 167, fig. 2. Cydopterus c(rruleus 

 Mitch., 1815, Trans. Lit. & Phil. See N. Y., I. 480. Le Cydopt'ere lompe LaC, 1§00, Hist. Poiss., II. 

 52, pl. 3, fig. 1. Gobius minulus l\Iiill., 1808, Zool. Dan, IV. 38, pi. 151 B, figs. 1-3, — Risso, ISIO, 

 Ichth. Nice, 159. Cydopterus coronatus Couch, 1823, Nat. Hist. Cornw., 47, — Ann. Nat. Hist., II. 

 382,— Thomps., 1840, Ann. Mag., V, 216. 



Lump-sucker Pennant, 1770, Brit. Zool., III. 133, pl. 21, figs. 1, 2,— 1812, Bnt. Zool., III. 176, pl. 24. 



Lump-fah Low, 1813, Nat. Hist. Orkn., 177. 



B. 6 ; D. G-8 / 11 ; A. 9-10 ; V. 6 ; P. 20 ; C. 12-14 ; Vert. 29 (11 + 18). 



Body massive, coinpressctl, subtriangular in transverse section through 

 the miildle, belly flattened, depth nearly equal to half the total length in 

 large specimens ; the portion behind the abdominal chamber much com- 

 pressed, and less than half the length of the body proper. Head short, 

 about one fifth of the entire length, subquadrangular in transverse section, 

 forehead broad, flattened, nape high; snout short, broad, blunt; mouth 

 wide, anterior, opening with a slight upward direction, extending back- 

 ward almost to a vertical from the front margin of the eye. Eyes lateral 

 near the top of the head, as long as the snout, one fourth as long as the 

 head, and one third as wide as the interorbital space. Forehead broad, 

 depressed, convex. Nostrils small ; hinder smaller, near the eyes on the 

 interorbital space ; anterior farther forward, half-way to the mouth, with 

 a short tube. Gill opening moderately wide, its lower third in front of 

 the base of the pectoral. Fins with rounded margins, rough with .small 

 tubercles. First dorsal distinct on very 3'oung individuals, variable in .shape, 

 thick and fleshy witli weak rays in older .stages. Second dorsal distinct, 

 broad, rounded. Caudal, broad, subtruncate or rounded posteriorly. Anal 

 moderate, opposite the second dorsal, which it resembles in shape. Pec- 



